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	Search results for Railway    Refine your search Try advanced search results 1-20 of 24 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Monte Sano Railway Schedule Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)--Alabama; Railroad companies--Alabama--Monte Sano Railway (Huntsville, Ala.); A newspaper clipping showing the prices and schedule of the Monte Sano Railway. The Railway was completed in 1889 but only operated for three years. The Railway was a spur line from the Memphis & Charleston... 2. Monte Sano Railway Brochure Pamphlets--Alabama; Railroad companies--Alabama--Monte Sano Railway (Huntsville, Ala.); The front cover of this brochure for the Monte Sano Railway is a photograph of a woodcut. The Railway was a spur line from the Memphis & Charleston Railroad Depot in downtown Huntsville that took guests... 3. Payday 1889 Railroad construction workers--Alabama--Monte Sano Railway (Huntsville, Ala.); Paydays--Alabama; "Paying off" was the term used for payday for the Monte Sano Railway workers. Behind them is the "dummy" locomotive. To keep from startling horses in town, the locomotive maintained relatively quiet operation... 4. Buttonhole Bridge Railroad bridges--Alabama--O'Brien's Buttonhole Bridge (Huntsville, Ala.); Railroad companies--Alabama--Monte Sano Railway (Huntsville, Ala.); This stretch of the Monte Sano Railway was called O'Brien's "Buttonhole" Bridge because of the sharp curve it followed. The Railway was a spur line from the Memphis & Charleston Railroad Depot in downtown... 5. Monte Sano Railway Railroads--Alabama--Monte Sano Railway (Huntsville, Ala.); The Monte Sano Railway was completed in 1889. It transported guests from the railroad depot in downtown Huntsville to the Monte Sano Hotel on Monte Sano Mountain. Railway operations lasted only three years,... 6. Woodcut of the "Buttonhole" Train Railroad companies--Alabama--Monte Sano Railway (Huntsville, Ala.); Railroad bridges--Alabama--Buttonhole Bridge (Huntsville, Ala.); This is a woodcut image of the "Buttonhole" train, which earned the nickname because of the sharp turn it took on O'Brien's "Buttonhole" Bridge. The Monte Sano Railway was completed in 1889 but only operated... 7. Train Ferry and Steamboat Steamboats--Alabama--Tennessee River; Train ferries--Alabama--Tennessee River; Railroads--United States--Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway; After the steamboat pushed the train ferry up to the landing in Guntersville, a steam engine hooked up the freight cars. This section of the Huntsville Branch Line of the NC&StL. Railway (also known as... 8. Monte Sano Railway under construction Railroad construction workers--Alabama--Monte Sano Railway (Huntsville, Ala.); Railroad workers cut the road bed, later named the "Buttonhole," down a hill for the Monte Sano Railway, which was completed in 1889. All work was done by hand and the use of gunpowder. 9. Norfolk-Southern Railway freight depot Railroads--Buildings and structures--Huntsville (Ala.); Architecture--19th century--Huntsville, Ala.; Built in the 1850's, the Norfolk Southern Railway Freight Depot in Huntsville, Alabama was billed as the oldest in the United States until it was destroyed by fire in March 2004. 10. Y-Plans at Huntsville Depot Railroads--Track--Drawings; Railroads--Alabama--Memphis & Charleston Railroad (Huntsville, Ala.); Railroads--Alabama--Monte Sano Railway (Huntsville, Ala.); Plans for a proposed connection at the Huntsville Depot between the Memphis & Charleston Railroad and the Monte Sano Railway. The "Y" configuration of the track was engineered for three-point turns, to... 11. Redstone Arsenal Railroad Railroad stations--Alabama--Redstone Arsenal Station, Huntsville (Ala.); The Redstone Arsenal Railroad was built around 1942 to support U.S. involvement in World War II. The workers at this station will take the train to the chemical and ordinance munitions factories on Redstone... 12. Steamboat ferry Steamboats--Alabama--Tennessee River; Train ferries--Alabama--Tennessee River; Railroads--United States--Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway; The NC&StL Railway ferry transports train cars on a wooden river barge that is pushed by the steamboat "Guntersville" for twenty miles down the Tennessee River between Hobbs Island and Gunters Landing.... 13. Guntersville Docks Train ferries--Alabama--Guntersville (Ala.); Railroads--United States--Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway; Workers winch up the railroad ferry that transports train cars along the Tennessee River from Hobbs Island to Gunters Landing as part of the NC&StL Railway. 14. Barge guides for Train Ferry Train ferries--Alabama; Railroads--United States--Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway; A close-up view of the barge guides used to line up the train ferry on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway. Train cars were loaded onto a ferry that was pushed by steamboat for twenty miles... 15. Train Ferry at Gunters Landing Train ferries--Alabama--Tennessee River; Steam locomotives--Alabama; Railroads--United States--Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway; A steam enginge pulls freight cars off the train ferry and up the Incline at Gunters Landing. As part of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, train cars were transported on wooden barges pushed... 16. NC&StL Passenger Depot Railroad stations--Alabama--Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Passenger Depot (Huntsville, Ala.); The NC&StL. Passenger Depot served the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway (also known as "The Dixie Line") that extended from Paducah, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia 17. Engine No. 386 Diesel locomotives--386 (Huntsville, Ala.); Engine No. 386 was a switch locomotive used in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway 18. Monte Sano Hotel Hotels--Alabama--Monte Sano Hotel (Huntsville, Ala.); Located atop Monte Sano Mountain in Huntsville, the Monte Sano Hotel opened in 1887. The 233-room Victorian hotel was built by the Northern Alabama Improvement Company, with the assistance of Michael and... 19. Hobbs Island Incline Train ferries--Alabama--Tennessee River; Loading train cars onto a ferry at Hobbs Island. This was the end of the Huntsville Branch of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway (NC&StL). From here, the train cars were pushed twenty miles... 20. Huntsville Depot on Woodson St. Railroads--buildings and structures--Huntsville (Ala.); Locomotives--Louisville and Nashville--Huntsville (Ala.); The Huntsville Depot on Woodson Street. The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway (NC&StL) served the South until it was absorbed by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in March 1957. select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 24 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next
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